Nominally, China is a communist nation. In reality, this fascinating country with an ancient culture is possibly the most materialistic society in the world. Walking the streets of Shanghai, as in...
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As the summer goes on, a lot of catchy songs can be heard on radios and at discos. But have you ever wondered if the voice of your favorite artist is what you're really hearing? It's probably not the...
Make no mistake, Mia Goth is a “fucking movie star” and her last outing as Maxine Minx in Maxxxine, Ti West’s exhilarating conclusion to their X trilogy cements that fact in blood, gristle and...
There was a time in Mexican history when Francisco Jorge Stanley Albaitero, popularly known as “Paco Stanley”, was one of the most loved and admired figures in and out of the entertainment...
Filmmaker and cultural critic dream hampton was both shaping and reshaping the world around her decades before she was named in the TIME 100 most influential people list of 2019 (not coincidentally,...
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
Until August is an unexpected gift for readers, even more so for those of us who have wandered back and forth through Gabriel García Márquez's exquisite work. Nevertheless, surprises often elicit...
Global Comment has been sharing stories from around the world with you for an astonishing 24 years, and the website is full of incredible writing on almost every topic you can imagine. We love this...
Call me a snob, but I don’t think people should be commenting on the style in which the French host their Olympics if they don’t know who Joan of Arc was, or, for that matter, what kind of songs...
